These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown of Latin literature. Written by Propertius, Rome’s greatest poet of love, who was born around 50 b.c., a contemporary of Ovid, these elegies tell of Propertius’ tormented relationship with a woman he calls ‘Cynthia.’ Their connection was sometimes blissful, more often agonizing, but as the poet came to recognize, it went beyond pride or shame to become the defining event of his life. Whether or not it was Propertius’ explicit intention, these elegies extend our ideas of desire, and of the human condition itself.
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Foreword
The Elegies
Notes
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David R. Slavitt is a member of the faculty at Bennington College and is the author of acclaimed translations of Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes, as well as Solomon Ibn Gabirol and the biblical Book of the Twelve Prophets, among other translations and many books of poetry.
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